Amanda Maciuba, Trace II (Nemaha, Nebraska), 2023, monotype and relief, 17 x 23 inches, photo by Aaron Paden.
Watershed: Elizabeth Rubendall Artist-in-Residence Amanda Maciuba
Lower-level Gallery
April 4–September 20, 2025
Amanda Maciuba’s work is an exploration of the visible and invisible marks of human hands on the landscape. Her practice investigates human relationships with the environment over time, forefronting the impacts of human-driven climate change. She exposes and reconsiders the layered histories of specific locations: from the geologic forces that shaped the land, to impacts of Western colonialism, to the current practices of development, destruction, and restoration by the local communities she interacts with every day. Bodies of water often act as anchors for Maciuba’s creative investigation. Watershed is an exhibition of prints, artist’s books, and installations that consider how water shapes human life and how our actions impact river environments in return.
Maciuba is the Great Plains Art Museum’s 2025 Elizabeth Rubendall Artist in Residence. Visit the artist during her residency at the museum from April 8 to 19. Learn more about the residency and scheduled events here.
Reflections of Our People, Our Ways, Our Land
First-Floor Galleries
September 5–December 20, 2025
Reflections of Our People, Our Ways, Our Land will be the first exhibition to center Otoe-Missouria artists and their creative work. 25 Otoe-Missouria artists, ranging from traditional to contemporary and working in any medium, were selected to co-create an art exhibition reflecting on healing, reconciliation, and reconnecting to the land. Jessica Moore Harjo, Ph.D. (Otoe-Missouria/Osage/Pawnee), is the curatorial director for this exhibition. Learn more about the exhibition and selected artists here.
Kirsten Furlong, Night Passages: Bobolink, 2021, acrylic and ink on paper, commissioned for the Elizabeth Rubendall Artist-in-Residence Collection. © Kirsten Furlong. Courtesy of Kirsten Furlong.
Wild Great Plains
Lower-level Gallery
October 3, 2025–February 21, 2026
Inspired by the Center for Great Plains Studies’ 50th annual conference, Wild Great Plains, this exhibition considers the concept of “wild” in art. Drawing from the Great Plains Art Museum’s permanent collection, Wild Great Plains explores how artists have connected with and portrayed the wild species and places of the region.